Shoe-fastening



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V. B.- MORTON & S. P. BENNETT.

SHOE PASTBiIING. No. 269,094.. Patented Deo; 12, 1882.

WITNESSES: INVBNTSRST flu. ATTUENEYS.

Nrrao STATES PATENT @rrrca.

VEGA B. MORTON AND SAMUEL P. BENNETT, OF OERALYO, KENTUCKY.

SHOE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part .of Letters PatentNo. 269,094,'dated December12, 1882.

Application filed June 17, 1882. (No model.)

| O is depressed or flattened, as shown at To all whom it may concernBeit known that we, VEGA B. MORTON and SAMUEL P. BENNETT, of Oeralvo, inthe coun ty of Ohio and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shoe-Fasteners; and wedo hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a shoe provided with our improved fastening. Figs.2, 3,and 4 are perspective detail views of the fastening device detachedfrom the shoe, showing slight modifications in the construction of thesame; and Fig. 5 is a cross-section through the fastener, with itsdoubled lace-string.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Our invention has relation to fastenings for boots, shoes, and gaiters;and it consists in the detailed construction and combination of parts ofthe same, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letterA lepresents a low-quarterwalking-shoe which is provided with our improved fastener. This is madeof suitable sheet metal, of the shape shown in the drawings, so as toform a baseplate, B,aud aloop, O, which projects upwardlyfrom the base,its lower part being bent to one side, approximately atright angles tothe loop 0, so as to form a lip, D, whichrests upon the correspondingpart of the base-plate B. The

bent part D is fastened down upon the baseplate B by the same rivet, E,by which the fastener is secured on the shoe.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings wehave shown a modification, in which the toppart of the loop forming a projecting lip or book, d.

The use of this fastening device will readily be understood by referenceto Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings. The fiap A of the shoe is made withsmall button-holes or eyelet-holes c, to adapt it to be buttoned uponthe loops 0 of the fasteners when the flap is prevented from becoming unbuttoned by the lace-string F, which is fastened to the flap at d,inserted through the several loops, doubled around the outside loop orend loop, and then reinserted through the several loops, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

We are aware that metal has been bent into loops, suchloops engaging ineyelets in shoe or garment tlaps, such devices being shown in PatentsNo. 244,675, of 1881, and No. 210,700, of 1878. We are also aware of theconstruction set forth in Patent No. 125,400, of 1872, and none of theseare sought to be covered in this application.

WVhat we claim is- The metal base-plate B, secured to the loops C 1),and both secured to the shoe by the single rivet E, and the flap A,having eyelets 0, combined with the lacing-string F, having metal tipupon the free end, and secured to the flap A at d, the saidlacing-string adapted to be passed through all the loops in onedirection, around the upper loop, back through the remaining loops, andthe metal tip secured as and for the purposes set forth. V

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereuntoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

VEGA B. MORTON. SAMUEL P. BENNETT. Witnesses:

SAM. MORTON, J. M. GAsEBIER.

